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A 14-year-old neutered female domestic shorthair cat was presented for investigation of a non-painful subcutaneous swelling of the nasal dorsum at the site of a scratch injury. Cytological evaluation demonstrated a granulomatous reaction and many variably shaped organisms consistent with yeasts/fungi. Subsequent biopsy and culture yielded a pure growth of a Mucor species. The cat was treated with the second-generation triazole antifungal agent posaconazole for 5 months. Complete resolution was seen with no recurrence 12 months after discontinuing treatment.
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Antifúngicos/uso terapéutico , Enfermedades de los Gatos/tratamiento farmacológico , Mucormicosis/veterinaria , Triazoles/uso terapéutico , Animales , Gatos , Femenino , Mucor/efectos de los fármacos , Mucormicosis/tratamiento farmacológico , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
A 3-year female-neutered domestic shorthair cat presenting with exophthalmos and an ipsilateral subzygomatic soft tissue mass lesion is described. Magnetic resonance imaging of the mass was performed followed by complete surgical excision. The mass was determined to be a retrobulbar teratoma and complete resection was curative. Teratomas are rare germ-cell tumours that uncommonly form in extragonadal sites. A retrobulbar location has not been previously reported in the cat and should be considered a rare cause of exophthalmos in this species.
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Enfermedades de los Gatos/patología , Exoftalmia/veterinaria , Neoplasias del Ojo/veterinaria , Teratoma/veterinaria , Animales , Enfermedades de los Gatos/diagnóstico , Enfermedades de los Gatos/cirugía , Gatos , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Exoftalmia/etiología , Exoftalmia/cirugía , Neoplasias del Ojo/complicaciones , Neoplasias del Ojo/cirugía , Femenino , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética/métodos , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética/veterinaria , Teratoma/complicaciones , Teratoma/cirugía , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
Cardiomyopathy associated with abnormal trabecular bands of tissue traversing one or both ventricles is reported rarely in cats. The case of a 9-year-old cat which presented in congestive heart failure is reported. Multiple cardiac abnormalities were found, including a large trabecular tissue bridge which bisected the left ventricle. Other findings included arrhythmia, thrombocytopaenia and raised serum creatine kinase. The cat was euthanased due to clinical deterioration. Necropsy findings included increased cardiac weight, the division of the left ventricle by a large trabecular band composed of connective tissue and cardiac myofibres consistent with a moderator band, nodular thickening of the mitral valve, left atrial dilation, and fibroplasia/fibrosis of the left ventricular myocardium associated with widespread myofibre necrosis due to infarction. Pathological findings in this case differ from previous reports of ventricular transverse bridging tissue in cats with cardiac disease.